The first performance artist to make the shortlist for the prestigious Turner Prize today revealed she has juggled preparing for the £25,000 award with more conventional challenges — of marriage and motherhood.

Remember when we only liked corporate logos ironically — when they were being mocked by Banksy or subverted on T-shirts? We’ve given up on the ironic part. A new game has got everyone scrabbling to prove just how effectively global corporations have branded our minds. It’s an app called Logos Quiz; or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Brand.

A year ago, this paper embarked on a ground-breaking scheme to transform the literacy and reading habits of a struggling London school. We adopted St Mary’s primary school in Battersea as part of our Get London Reading campaign. Volunteers were trained by our partner organisation, Volunteer Reading Help, and worked one-to-one with pupils. The new head at St Mary’s, Jared Brading, keenly embraced the project.

The story has been hardwired into the national consciousness. But the team behind the new stage production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe claim a live performance can still bring a touch of magic to CS Lewis’s classic story.